Your contacts list is one of the most important elements in Gmail. Everyone of your recipients’ details can be found in your Gmail contacts list, saving you time in having to memorize each email address for when you need to get in touch. Show
The Gmail address book is the best way to become much more efficient with the way you send and receive emails. Knowing how to reorganize your contact list into easy to manage and more efficient email groups is the next step after that to making your experience with Gmail as quick and as convenient as possible. In this guide, you’ll learn everything you need to find your Google contacts lists and to create email groups for faster results. Here’s what you’ll learn in this extensive guide:
Ready to find out more? Let’s get started! How do I find my Google contacts?Your Gmail list of email addresses is your direct access to the contacts you need to reach. They’re a big deal, so you’ll want to know where to find the contacts list from your desktop or laptop. Fortunately, tracking down your addressees is quick and easy. There are several ways you can get hold of your Gmail mailing list: either via Gmail or through the Google homepage. In this quick guide, we’ll take you through all those methods so you can access your Gmail contacts list. How to find my contacts list using Gmail’s sidebar
Here’s a video that shows how to access your contacts list from Gmail’s companion sidebar: How to find my contact list from Gmail’s inbox
That’s everything! Quick and easy, perfect for fast and reliable mail merges. How do I access my contact list through Google homepage?
As you can see, getting to your contact list through the Google homepage is just as simple as going through Gmail. How to find my contacts lists through the search barYou can also find you contact lists by going through the search bar on your browser. This can be the quickest way to get to your address book:
So those were three handy ways for getting to the contacts list! All of your contacts you’ve already added should be there, so you’ll have everything you need to get your emails on the go. How to manage your Gmail contacts?Now that you know where to access your Gmail contacts list, let’s see how to add, import, export, manage duplicates and delete your contacts. How do you add contacts in Gmail?
You can add as much details as you want to your Google contact, including first name, last name, company name, job title, email address, phone number. That’s just a handful of all the details you can add, as more fields likelike birthday, website can be added or even custom fields. One powerful feature is that you can label contacts to make it easier to find people of the same interest (e.g. skateboarders that you’ve met recently). How do you import multiple contacts in Gmail?
How do you export all your Gmail contacts?
Exporting all your Gmail contacts is regularly used before sending a grouped email, for example when you want to invite everyone to an event, a party or to your wedding! To send personalized emails that feel unique, think about using a mail merge solution such as Mailmeteor. How do you edit a contact in Gmail?
How do you delete contacts in Gmail?
How to go further with Gmail Contacts list?How do you search contacts in Gmail?
Now that you have find a contact, learn how to edit it, add a label or delete it. How to do an advanced search in Google Contacts?While Google Contacts is really powerful to look for string in all your contacts, such as first name or last name, it definitely lacks of advanced search operators. Here are all the available advanced queries you can perform in Google Contacts:
Here are all the search operations you can NOT perform as of today:
How do you create contact group in Google Contacts?
Your contact group is now created. You can access it anytime from the left sidebar. You can also export it and send personalized emails to each recipient using a mail merge for Gmail. How do you manage duplicates in your contacts list?
How do I create an email group in Gmail?Now you’ve got your contact lists prepped and sorted, you might be thinking about creating an email group so that you can get everything organized for when you need to start sending emails. Email groups are handy ways of collecting categories of recipient into one group. Say, for example, you regularly send emails to your family – without email groups, you’d have to enter each member’s email addresses into the recipient bar, one after the other. With an email group, you can place all of your family in one group, called ‘family’ for example, and then all you need to do is type in family into the Gmail recipient bar and you can send emails to all members quickly and efficiently. Creating email groups in Gmail takes only a few short steps. We’ve provided a step-by-step guide below on how to create a group email in Gmail to help you get started:
It's possible to export your group to Google Sheets in order to send them personalized emails using a mail merge. To export your group, click on the three vertically aligned dots then "Export". You will be able to export your group to a CSV file that you can then import to Google Sheets. What’s next?So now you’re all ready to go with your group emails from Gmail – but the best, most efficient and most reliable way to reach multiple recipients with one click is to go with a mail merge in Gmail. A mail merge in Gmail lets you send the one email to hundreds of recipients all at the same time. Using a mail merge solution, like Mailmeteor, the top-rated Google mail merge add-on, will allow you to personalize each email for each contact, making every message feel unique and individual. Better yet, with Mailmeteor, you can source all your contacts for your mail merge emails using Google Sheets. With extra importance placed on privacy, you’ll know your in safe and reliable hands with Mailmeteor. This guide was written by Jean Dubrulle, founder at Mailmeteor. Mailmeteor is a simple & privacy-focused emailing software. Trusted by millions of users worldwide, it is often considered as the best Gmail mail merge to send mass personalized emails. Give us a try and let us know what you think! |